Monday, March 25, 2013

A judge in Casper has sided with the state of Wyoming and ruled
against environmentalists who sought to obtain lists of the ingredients
that go into hydraulic fracturing fluids.

Environmental groups had
requested the ingredient lists from the Wyoming Oil and Gas
Conservation Commission, arguing that the public needs to know what
chemicals companies are putting underground.

They were denied on
the grounds that the lists are trade secrets that may be withheld under
Wyoming's open records law. Natrona County District Judge Catherine
Wilking has upheld the denial, ruling that the state official who
withheld the information acted reasonably.